Alternative comedy is a term coined in the 1980s for a style of comedy that makes a conscious break with the mainstream comedic style of an era. The phrase...
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The Alternative Comedy Experience is a stand-up comedy show that premiered on 5 February 2013 on the Comedy Central channel in the UK. It features live...
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(entertainment) Alternative comedy Comedy club American Comedy Awards British Comedy Awards Canadian Comedy Awards Cat Laughs Comedy Festival The Comedy Festival...
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comedy showcase on Comedy Central called The Alternative Comedy Experience which featured 38 comedians who identified with alternative comedy, including Robin...
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The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) is a British comedy night, where comedians are invited to perform sets that might not work at more mainstream...
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example, deadpan comics often fall into observational comedy, or into black comedy or blue comedy to contrast the morbidity, or offensiveness of the joke...
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News for You, 8 out of 10 cats, and Shooting Stars. In the 1980s, alternative comedy was spearheaded by Ben Elton and The Comic Strip group, which included...
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humour and revolutionised the form under the banner alternative comedy. In the US, stand-up comedy programs became popular on many cable television channels...
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Manchester University, and was a pioneer of alternative comedy in the 1980s. Mayall starred in numerous successful comedy series throughout his career, including...
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street acts and alternative acts" Philip Herbert The London Comedy Store made the reputations of many of the UK's upcoming "alternative comedians" while...
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